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56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56;3\n\nContract with any authority for terminating any service furnished by the authority to any premises that is connected to the system of the authority if the owner, tenant or occupant of such premises fails to pay any rates, fees or charges for the use of or for the services furnished by the authority within the time or times specified in such contract; and4\n\nIn any instance in which a locality makes rights-of-way, poles, conduits or other permanent distribution facilities available to the authority, the authority shall make these facilities available to private providers of communications services in a nondiscriminatory basis unless the facilities have insufficient capacity for such access and additional capacity cannot reasonably be added to the facilities.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":280946,"text":"Each political subdivision may:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":280947,"text":"Convey or lease to any authority, with or without consideration, any systems or facilities for the provision of qualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; 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Convey or lease to any authority, with or without consideration, any systems\nor facilities for the provision of qualifying communications services as\nauthorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7; 56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56;\n\n2. Contract, jointly or severally, with any authority for the provision of\nqualifying communications services as authorized by Article 5.1 (&#xA7;\n56-484.7:1 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 56;\n\n3. Contract with any authority for terminating any service furnished by the\nauthority to any premises that is connected to the system of the authority if\nthe owner, tenant or occupant of such premises fails to pay any rates, fees or\ncharges for the use of or for the services furnished by the authority within the\ntime or times specified in such contract; and\n\n4. In any instance in which a locality makes rights-of-way, poles, conduits or\nother permanent distribution facilities available to the authority, the\nauthority shall make these facilities available to private providers of\ncommunications services in a nondiscriminatory basis unless the facilities have\ninsufficient capacity for such access and additional capacity cannot reasonably\nbe added to the facilities.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 643.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}